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The Dunging script or Iban script is a semi-alphabetic script used to write the Iban language of Sarawak. It was invented in 1947 by Dunging Anak Gunggu (1904–1985), who revised the initial 77 glyphs to the current 59 glyphs in 1962.
The Iban language (jaku Iban) is spoken by the Iban, one of the Dayak ethnic groups who live in Brunei, the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan and in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It belongs to the Malayic subgroup , a Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family .
The Ibanic languages are a branch of the Malayic languages indigenous to western Borneo.They are spoken by the Ibans and related groups in East Malaysia and the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan.
The language is spoken by roughly 3600 inhabitants of the Sarawak region. Remun is the primary Iban-Remun language dialect in the Borneo area, and particularly the Sarawak region. [ 2 ] Despite being 88% similar to the Iban language , individuals in locales that speak Remun state the language is easily hidden from outsiders' understanding, even ...
Some numbers differ, but East Malaysia contains a total of about 64 indigenous groups, around 39 in Sabah and 25 in Sarawak. [3] The Orang Asal make up 60% of Sabah's population, and 50% of Sarawak's population. Sabah's population is hugely diverse, with over 50 languages and 80 dialects spoken. [8] The largest group on Sarawak is the Iban. [9]
In Indonesia, however, there is a clear distinction between "Malay language" (bahasa Melayu) and "Indonesian" (bahasa Indonesia). Indonesian is the national language which serves as the unifying language of Indonesia; despite being a standardized form of Malay, it is not referred to with the term "Malay" in common parlance. [ 18 ]
The full Canonical Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles was revised and published in 1651 by Justus Heurnius, the chaplain of Batavia. [2] The main early Translators of the Bible into the Malay language were Melchior Leydekker, H. C. Klinkert, and W.G. Shellabear. Leydekker was appointed to the ministry of the Dutch churches at Batavia in 1678. [3]
Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak & Federal Territory of Labuan) Languages; Kedayan and Sabah Malay, Sarawak Malay, Standard Malay and English: Religion; Sunni Islam (majority) Related ethnic groups; Bruneian Malay, Dusun (Brunei), Banjarese, Javanese, Lun Bawang/Lundayeh